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Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 02:23:53 +0200
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Subject: Re: [9front] hackathon writeup
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On Fri Aug 19 02:04:48 +0200 2022, khm@sciops.net wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 12:37:04AM +0100, Stuart Morrow wrote:
> > And VMX doesn't run on my X301 even though virtualisation
> > exists on Core 2 Duo (and is/was enabled in the BIOS).
> 
> VMX requires a Westmere or newer Intel processor.  The earliest
> generation of Thinkpad X series laptop to support this is the X230, a
> machine otherwise roundly inferior to the X301.  Core 2 Duo chips
> support the VT-d instructions but not EPT or unrestricted guests.

Are you sure about the x230?  I've run vmx on x220 and w520
(sandybridge) and I see references to westmere for t*10 and x201.  Am
I confusing things?

Thanks,
qwx